Conservation Officer Terri Arlandson tells The (Munster) Times (http://bit.ly/1kMLgg2 ) the search continued Monday at the Newton County lake about 45 miles south of Gary.

Officers say the raft had begun losing air and that Lopez and another person aboard it tried to row back to shore before Lopez jumped into the water to try to push it. Witnesses said Lopez swam for a short while before disappearing under the water and didn’t resurface. He wasn’t wearing a life jacket.